Service Details For Coleman Family Members Killed In Boat Ride

INDIANAPOLIS, IN — An Indianapolis church will host a vigil Monday, July 23, to mourn the nine members of a local family who died in a Branson, Missouri duck boat accident Thursday. WISH reported the community is invited to the prayer vigil which begins at 7 p.m. at Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church, 1003 West 16th Street, for the Coleman family, according to the Rev. Carl Liggins Sr.

WISH also reported services have been announced for the nine immediate family members of Tia Coleman, an Indianapolis woman who lost her husband Glenn and their three children - 9-year-old Reece, 7-year-old Evan and 1-year-old Arya - in the accident.

The public is invited to the visitation for those four, which will be held from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Friday, July 27 at Grace Apostolic Church, 649 22nd Street, followed by their homegoing service at 12 p.m., WISH reported.

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Service details for the other five Colemans who died on Thursday - Glenn's parents, Belinda, 69, and Horace, 70; Glenn's sister, Angela, 45; Angela's son, Maxwell, 2; and Glenn's uncle, Ervin, 76, - have not yet been announced.

Patch reported Coleman and her 13-year-old nephew were the only of the 11 members of her family who boarded the boat to make it out alive. Twenty-nine passengers and two crew members were aboard. Fourteen people survived, also including two adults who remained hospitalized Saturday.

State and federal investigators were trying to determine what sent the vessel, originally built for military use in World War II, to its demise, as an initial assessment blamed thunderstorms and winds that approached hurricane strength, but it wasn't clear why the amphibious vehicle even ventured into the water.

Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board and U.S. Coast Guard were hoping a video recorder recovered from the boat would help provide some explanation on why it sank.

A GoFundMe page has been organized for funeral arrangements for Coleman's family members, and as of Monday afternoon, more than $480,000 of a $1 million goal has been raised.

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